The CV - Unchangeable part of recruitment cycle? Not if VisualCV have their way
Posted by admin in Visualcv, candidate attraction, candidate sourcing, internet, recruitment, recruitment 2.0, social media, web 2.0 on 07 28th, 2008 | 1 Comment
Everyone knows the internet has changed how people look for work. Recruiters have had to adapt (and will have to continue to adapt) their businesses for this. Want a new job? Time to visit Google and see all the different options - recruitment consultancies, employer careers sections, referal sites…...
Hudson IT in the US join the blog set - who is next?
Posted by admin in blt, candidate attraction, hudson, internet, online branding, recruitment, recruitment 2.0, recruitment blogs on 07 24th, 2008 | 2 Comments
Hudson’s IT division in the US have launched a blog. The first step into the blogosphere for them.
Nothing new there then. There’s a stack of recruiters out there that are now using blogs to put a “human” face on their communications. You can see their blog here. Also worth a...
Does this rapper have the secret of successful online marketing?
Posted by admin in candidate attraction, recruitment 2.0, recruitment consultant, web 2.0 on 07 23rd, 2008 | No Comments
You can find this guy on youtube - search for seo rapper.
Very amusing… and very much on the money - no point in investing in online marketing unless you’re willing to put the graft in to follow it up.
Oh one more… his insight into site design!
Papers - Appointments section dead? Is the entire paper too far behind?
Posted by admin in business networking, candidate sourcing, career builder, disruptive technology, job board, newspapers, online, recruitment consultant, web 2.0, web ad on 07 22nd, 2008 | No Comments
A couple of clicks around planet blog (not to mention The Economist….) you’ll find just about everybody saying that the newspaper industry is on its last legs. You can find this on digital recruiting, Cheezhead and many other online recruitment sites (these are two of my favourites mind...
More disruptive technology for the recruitment market. Will this be the one that changes the game?
Posted by admin in business networking, candidate attraction, candidate sourcing, internet, online recruitment, recruitment consultant, social media, web 2.0, wikinomics on 07 21st, 2008 | No Comments
Yet another new business with their eye on disrupting the recruitment market.
Have a click here to have a look at the Alliance Q website.
Here’s the crux of their pitch:
1. Fortune 500 businesses have most of the US jobs (lets take that one as read, really don’t want to go into detail on...
Some Saturday nonsense - or is it? Heat Magazine has new competitor
Posted by admin in business networking, disruptive technology, facebook, google, information age, internet, online, social media, twitter, web 2.0 on 07 19th, 2008 | No Comments
Twitter to take on Heat Mag?
Sounds ridiculous doesn’t it? How could something like Twitter threaten a gossip mag like Heat?Those of you who have already caught the Twitter bug will know that this is a rapid fire communications platform. Users are asked to answer the question “What are you doing?”...
Twitter – useful for business or just a bit of fun?
Posted by admin in business networking, candidate attraction, candidate sourcing, disruptive technology, internet, linkedin, personal brand, recruitment, staffing, twitter on 07 15th, 2008 | 2 Comments
ALL - WORTH CHECKING THE COMMENTS TO THIS POST FOR MORE TWITTER SOURCING TRICKS - THANKS KELLY!
So picture the scene. You walk into your office – having just come off the phone to your Chief Exec (or worse still the Bank Manager) discussing the impact of the latest economic woes and the potential impact...
Ouch! Google bashes Hays and Adecco?
Posted by admin in beaker.com, business networking, carve consulting, disruptive technology, internet, job board, online recruitment, recruitment, recruitment 2.0, recruitment consultant, web 2.0, yellojobs.com, zubka on 07 9th, 2008 | 1 Comment
The industry head of careers and classifieds at Google is quoted in this month’s Recruiter magazine as saying:
“The Hays and the Adeccos of the world haven’t got it right. Where are they online? They are feeding the jobs boards.”
Click here for the article.
Lovely. I’m sure...
Watch out Democrats & Republicans! Can anyone come up with a better viral than this?
Posted by admin in Democrat, McCain, News, Presidential, Republican, US election, barack obama, internet, recruitment 2.0, viral marketing, web 2.0 on 07 6th, 2008 | No Comments
Watch this thru - you get the option to forward it on and customise it for yourself or some friends… I think this is the best viral I’ve seen in a loooong time. If anyone can show me a better one I’ll be impressed!
What’s Twitter good for then? Footie fans’ dream job, Downing St on Wikinomics and the best viral (ever!)
Posted by admin in candidate sourcing, carve consulting, football, internal recruitment, internet, movie review, movies, online, sky, twitter on 07 4th, 2008 | No Comments
1. Is this the best job on the net? May well be if you’re a football lover…
http://sky.recruitmax.com/MAIN/careerportal/Job_Profile.cfm?szOrderID=8319&szReturnToSearch=1&szWordsToHighlight
2. Is someone in Whitehall reading Wikinomics?
www.carveconsulting.com/blog £20K bounty on...
